Chords:
D-xx0232/557775
Dsus-xx0230
Dsus4-xx0233
A-002220/577655
Asus-002200
Asus4-002230
Bm-224432
Bb-113331
G-355433/320003
F-133211
C-335553/032010

(A)
   Dsus  D    Dsus4 D        Dsus  D    
e|---0------2----3-----2-----0-----2----------|
b|--------------------------------------------|
g|--------------------------------------------|
d|-0-----0----0-----0--------0-----0----------|
a|--------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|

(B)
   Asus  A    Asus4 A        Asus  A    
e|--------------------------------------------|
b|---0------2----3-----2-----0-----2----------|
g|--------------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------|
a|-0-----0----0-----0--------0-----0----------|
e|--------------------------------------------|



(A)                             (B)
  i got my first real six string - brought it at the five & dime
(A)                            (B)
  played it til my fingers bled - was the summer of '69
(A)                           (B)
  me and some guys from school -had a band and we tried real hard
(A)                              (B)
  jimmy quit and jody got married - shoulda known we'd never get far

(play with bar chords,can play with open chords)
Bm           A               D                     G
  but when i look back now - that summer seemed to last for ever
Bm           A              D             G
  and if i had the choice - ya i'd always wanna be there
Bm               A               (A)    (B)
  those were the best days of my life

(A)                       (B)
  ain't no use complaining - when ya gotta job to do
(A)                                     (B)
  spent my evenings down at the drive in - and that's when i met you - ya

Bm                 A              D                        G
  standing on your mamma's porch - you told me that you'd wait forever
Bm             A             D                   G
  and when you held my hand - i knew that it was now or never
Bm           A                    (A)    (B)
  those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69


(Play with bar chords for best results)
F             Bb
  man we were killin' time
          C                      Bb
  we were young and reckless - we needed to unwind
F        Bb                C         (A) (B)
  i guess nothing can last forever...

(A)
  and now the times are changin'
(B)
  look at everything that's come and gone
(A)
  sometimes when i play my old six string
(B)
  i think about you wonder what went wrong


Bm                 A              D                        G
  standing on your mamma's porch - you told me that you'd wait forever
Bm             A             D                   G
  and when you held my hand - i knew that it was now or never
Bm           A                          (A)(B)-continuous till end
  those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69


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